Wumminator
The Qatar Pounder
In this thread I am going to discuss the strength of the premier league. I don’t care if you think I am WUMming, I don’t care if you think I am completely wrong, please don’t post in here if you’re not going to contribute well.
I see a lot of people saying we have a weaker league now than
a) Five years ago
b) Other leagues
I think we couldn’t be further from the truth. We actually have the strongest league I think I’ve ever seen right now, the quality is immense. From players like Lukaku, Butland and Cabaye being regulars in bottom ten sides to teams like Arsenal, Chelsea and United struggling while being filled with star studded players.
For this post I will compare the 5th, 11th and 15th team in the league (Why not 10th? Because Chelsea are there and I don’t think there performance this year is a true reflection of where they should be, even though it does suggest the league is strong)
The first post will be the fifth placed team.
I will try and shoehorn the players with the most appearances into the starting line ups, and put the other big names on the bench.
This is Manchester United, currently (and comfortably) fifth.
---------------DDG-------------
Darmian- Smalling – Blind – Young
------------Carrick---Schniderlin-------
Martial-------Mata---------Memphis
---------------Rooney-------------
Subs: Romero, Jones, Lingard, Herrera, Shaw, Valencia, Fellaini
Now all of these players are recognized internationals and we have some proper world class talent. DDG, Martial and Smalling the real stand outs.
Without comment I will present other related teams.
Tottenham (Five years ago)
--------------Gomes--------------
Hutton – Gallas – Kaboul --- Assou Ekotto
---------------Sandro----------------
----------Modric----Palacios---------
Lennon--------Crouch --------Bale
Subs: Cudicini, Defoe, Corluka, Jenas, Pavlychenko, Bassong, Van Der Vaart
FSV Mainz (Germany)
---------------Lorius Karius --------------
Brosinski – Bell – Bungert – Bengstton
-------------------Baumgartlinger----------
---------------Latza-----Frei--------------
Clemens-------Malli—----------Samperio
-------------------Muto-------------------
Subs: De Blasis, Balogun, Neiderlechner, Cordoba, Moritz, Jara,
Sevilla (Spanish)
---------------------Rico--------------
Coke – Rami – Kolodziejczak – Tremoulinas
---------------N’zonzi-------------------
Vitolo--------Krohn-Delhi----Konoplayanka-
------------Gameiro----------Llorente-------------
Subs: Soria, Banega, Krychowiak, Reyes, Mariano, Immobile, Iborra.
Does this not suggest to anyone right away the quality of the respective leagues?
I see a lot of people saying we have a weaker league now than
a) Five years ago
b) Other leagues
I think we couldn’t be further from the truth. We actually have the strongest league I think I’ve ever seen right now, the quality is immense. From players like Lukaku, Butland and Cabaye being regulars in bottom ten sides to teams like Arsenal, Chelsea and United struggling while being filled with star studded players.
For this post I will compare the 5th, 11th and 15th team in the league (Why not 10th? Because Chelsea are there and I don’t think there performance this year is a true reflection of where they should be, even though it does suggest the league is strong)
The first post will be the fifth placed team.
I will try and shoehorn the players with the most appearances into the starting line ups, and put the other big names on the bench.
This is Manchester United, currently (and comfortably) fifth.
---------------DDG-------------
Darmian- Smalling – Blind – Young
------------Carrick---Schniderlin-------
Martial-------Mata---------Memphis
---------------Rooney-------------
Subs: Romero, Jones, Lingard, Herrera, Shaw, Valencia, Fellaini
Now all of these players are recognized internationals and we have some proper world class talent. DDG, Martial and Smalling the real stand outs.
Without comment I will present other related teams.
Tottenham (Five years ago)
--------------Gomes--------------
Hutton – Gallas – Kaboul --- Assou Ekotto
---------------Sandro----------------
----------Modric----Palacios---------
Lennon--------Crouch --------Bale
Subs: Cudicini, Defoe, Corluka, Jenas, Pavlychenko, Bassong, Van Der Vaart
FSV Mainz (Germany)
---------------Lorius Karius --------------
Brosinski – Bell – Bungert – Bengstton
-------------------Baumgartlinger----------
---------------Latza-----Frei--------------
Clemens-------Malli—----------Samperio
-------------------Muto-------------------
Subs: De Blasis, Balogun, Neiderlechner, Cordoba, Moritz, Jara,
Sevilla (Spanish)
---------------------Rico--------------
Coke – Rami – Kolodziejczak – Tremoulinas
---------------N’zonzi-------------------
Vitolo--------Krohn-Delhi----Konoplayanka-
------------Gameiro----------Llorente-------------
Subs: Soria, Banega, Krychowiak, Reyes, Mariano, Immobile, Iborra.
Does this not suggest to anyone right away the quality of the respective leagues?
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